Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) Projects



  • Nunatsiavut Regional Government.   The Nunatsiavut Regional government is using the IPS to monitor ice within it’s territory in Labrador. 
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO). “The IPS has been used by BIO to study the ice in the eastern Canadian Arctic and eastern Canada
  • Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS) 
    Originally developed by IOS (Dr. Humfrey Melling) in collaboration with ASL, an updated version of the Ice Profiler has been used to obtain ice data from the Beaufort Sea.
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography -
    The IPS was used as part of a study on the effects of ice forces on the Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
  • University of Hawaii
    The IPS was deployed for scientific research in Antarctica examining ice draft, presence or absence of ice in conjunction with sediment studies.
  • University of Hokkaido
    Dr. Yasushi Fukamachi has conducted ice climate research in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Alaska North Slope using the IPS.
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Scientific research studies in Antarctic shelf areas.

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